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serralis, inprimis vero pednnculis magis clongalis ^pices 

 tantum assurgenles planlulac in liiloso prorepcnlis ornaii- 

 tibus, nee per caulem spavsis. Caules tligilalcs, vix semi 

 pedales, filiforiiies, carnosuli; piaelo coniplanati axi opaca 

 lenui utrlnsecus pellucido-alala; prostrata parte crebrius 

 nodosi et foliosi, inleniodiis aplces floriferos versus elon 

 galis subpolllcaribus. Folia 3 — 5 liuearia, lalitudine Ion 

 gitudinem siibaequanle, pellolo brcvissimo rarius llneam 

 longo; innmcrse subquinqnenervia et paucivenosa, ncrvis 

 venisque evanescenlibus; allcrna, sparsa; floralia paulo 

 minora. Pedunculi in summitate axillares, solitarii, lili- 

 formes, erecli, pollicares; supcriores caulem superantes. 

 Calyx floriferus duas circiter lineas longus, germinc semi- 

 ellipsoldeo lincam longo, lacinlis lanceolalo-angustatis acu- 

 tis erectis aequilongis coronalo. Corolla tenerrima, ner- 

 vosa, caerulea vel violacea, tubo sesqnilineari dorso fisso, 

 laciniis angusle obovalis subaequilongis lineam circiler 

 longis, lateralibus paulo brevioribus sinu profundiori dis 

 cretis. Genitalia tnbum corollinum paulo superantia, laci- 

 niis breviora; filamenta basi discreta, sursum connata; an- 

 therae breviusculae, omnes barbatulae, caelerura glabrae. 

 Calyx fructifer tenuinervis, subglobosus, axi et diameUo 

 sesquilineam excedenlibus; Capsula bilocularis, inlra linibi 

 calycini coronam coarctaiam loculicide quasi bilabiato-de- 

 hiscens, labiis dilatalis obtuse arcuatis, parte slyli mucro- 

 natls, reflexis. Seniina minuta angulata, triquelro-elliptica, 

 laevia, impunclala, nitida, fulvescenti-brunnea. 



Brasilia intra et extra tropicos frequens, in austra< 

 liori cum Hydrocolylc viilgarl cobabilans; Sellow. Minas 

 geraes; Lhot/.ky. 



14. LoBELiA rcuiformis N. Herbacea, hirtella; caule 

 subcapillari ramoso repenle radicante; foliis breviter petio- 

 latis suborbiculato-reniformibus obsolete angulatis tenui- 

 ter membranareis nervosis rcliculato-venosisque, supra laele 





